Weather Records on 23 May 1932

358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1932. Highest significance: Tobolsk, RU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1932

On 23 May 1932, 358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 348 daily.
Tobolsk set a daily record precipitation of 28.3 mm (1.1 in) on 23 May 1932.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

358 stations

358 station records on 23 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

358 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1932

Top 20 records on 23 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1932	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Kalna, IN	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Jagatsingpur, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Puri, IN	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Kanas, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1932	Bhore(Borch), IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Balasore, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Hata, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Queenton, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1932	Kendrapara, IN	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 358 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1798	1
1817	1
1818	1
1837	3
1845	1
1847	2
1857	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	5
1867	7
1870	2
1871	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	4
1887	1
1889	2
1891	11
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	8
1899	3
1900	12
1901	3
1902	12
1903	6
1904	14
1905	10
1906	23
1907	11
1908	13
1909	23
1910	26
1911	39
1912	31
1913	29
1914	33
1915	13
1916	44
1917	58
1918	36
1919	120
1920	37
1921	92
1922	82
1923	99
1924	230
1925	325
1926	204
1927	243
1928	177
1929	221
1930	199
1931	719
1932	358
1933	443
1934	203
1935	369
1936	568
1937	156
1938	390
1939	415
1940	324
1941	676
1942	235
1943	342
1944	784
1945	241
1946	311
1947	285
1948	273
1949	612
1950	490
1951	400
1952	597
1953	777
1954	496
1955	650
1956	498
1957	653
1958	744
1959	486
1960	395
1961	412
1962	677
1963	1,153
1964	964
1965	477
1966	391
1967	1,055
1968	578
1969	437
1970	314
1971	659
1972	449
1973	371
1974	678
1975	855
1976	556
1977	596
1978	703
1979	730
1980	1,202
1981	862
1982	717
1983	1,123
1984	1,027
1985	608
1986	626
1987	745
1988	662
1989	1,106
1990	1,660
1991	1,244
1992	1,423
1993	845
1994	690
1995	1,106
1996	1,114
1997	983
1998	947
1999	705
2000	1,372
2001	1,441
2002	1,537
2003	954
2004	1,275
2005	908
2006	1,122
2007	1,170
2008	1,472
2009	805
2010	1,275
2011	1,001
2012	1,006
2013	929
2014	858
2015	667
2016	679
2017	602
2018	552
2019	1,044
2020	631
2021	837
2022	807
2023	316
2024	760
2025	865
2026	804

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	230
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1